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Great Britain’s electricity on Friday 5 June 2020

On Friday 5 June, demand averaged 27.4 GW. Renewables supplied 49%.

27.4GW AVERAGEWind11.17 GW40%Hydro0.21 GW1%Biomass2.72 GW10%Solar2.32 GW8%Gas4.94 GW18%Imports2.02 GW7%Nuclear4.73 GW17%27.4GW AVERAGE40%10%8%18%7%17%
Price
£16.09/MWh
Day average £16.09
Demand27.4GW
Generation 26.1Transfers 1.4
Fossil fuels18%
Renewables49%
Other34%
Carbon intensityLow
99g/kWh
0Day average 99300
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Key moments

On Friday 5 June 2020, wind supplied 40% of Great Britain’s electricity and gas 18%. Demand peaked at 34.4 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity averaged 99 g/kWh and the price £16.09/MWh. Wind generation peaked at 14.2 GW at 11:40. Solar generation peaked at 6.8 GW at 12:30. Carbon intensity was lowest at 10:30 (70 g/kWh) and highest at 00:00 (132 g/kWh). The wholesale price ranged from −£1.01/MWh at 16:00 to £29.94/MWh at 23:00. The price was below zero for 1 hours. Wind made 43% of the electricity generated in Great Britain, compared with 27% across 2020.

Charts

Generation, demand, price and carbon

Generation by sourceGW · daily average below
Solar 2.328.3%Wind 11.1739.7%Gas 4.9417.6%Hydro 0.210.7%Biomass 2.729.7%Nuclear 4.7316.8%
Price£/MWh
Carbon intensitygCO₂/kWh
Demand and generationGW
Demand 27.4avgGeneration 26.1avgTransfers 1.4avg
The day in figurespeaks, averages, totals
Peak demand34.4GW · 12:30
Low 19.4 · 04:55Avg 27.40–40 GW
Made in Great Britain95%of demand
Generation 26.1Transfers 1.4 GW
Net imports39GWh
In
48 Out
9
Zero-carbon share71%of generation
Nuclear 18%Hydro 1%Wind 43%Solar 9%

Transfers · Fri 5 Jun

Interconnectors and storage

On Friday 5 June 2020, Great Britain imported 48 GWh and exported 9 GWh through its interconnectors. The most came from France (26 GWh), and the most exports went to Netherlands (7 GWh).

All interconnectors

Fri 5 Jun
Imported
48GWh
Exported
9GWh
Net in
39GWh
Average net flow
1.64GW in

Into Great BritainOut of Great Britain

Belgium

Nemo Link

Average0.37GWImporting

In 9.7 GWhOut 0.7 GWh

Denmark

Viking Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

France

IFA · IFA2 · ElecLink

Average1.06GWImporting

In 25.9 GWhOut 0.5 GWh

Ireland

Moyle · East–West · Greenlink

Average0.31GWImporting

In 7.9 GWhOut 0.4 GWh

Netherlands

BritNed

Average0.11GWExporting

In 4.5 GWhOut 7.1 GWh

Norway

North Sea Link

Average0.00GWIdle

In 0.0 GWhOut 0.0 GWh

Pumped storage

Dinorwig · Cruachan · Ffestiniog · Foyers

Average0.28GWPumping

Generated 0.5 GWhPumped 7.3 GWh

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